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The Court of Appeal has ruled against an appeal from Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov, the daughter of Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev, who was hoping\u00a0\u00a0to prevent the sale of the superyacht, Alfa Nero.<\/p>

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Guryeva-Motlokhov had appealed\u00a0the High Court decision by Justice Rene Williams to refuse an injunction application.<\/p>\n

The Alfa Nero has been embroiled in a legal battle over its auction and sale by the Antiguan government for the last six months.<\/p>

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The Antigua Observer reports that Dr David Dorsett, who represents Guryeva-Motlokhov, expressed disappointment at the decision but stated that the constitutional case against the government remains unaffected.<\/p>

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\u201cThe Court of Appeal dismissed the claim of my client, but it held that she has a serious case as far as the constitutionality of the Port Authority Amendment Act 2023 was concerned, and it was not a frivolous case as the government has suggested,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The 267-ft vessel has been in Antiguan waters for nearly two years and has been in the government\u2019s possession since April.<\/p>

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The government continues to pay a weekly bill of US $28,000 to keep the vessel afloat.<\/p>\n

Dorsett claimed that the situation could have been avoided \u201chad the government not ignored the approaches to it by the owner of the Alfa Nero prior to the auction\u201d.<\/p>

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Since the lawsuit brought by Guryeva-Motlokhov, the government has struggled\u00a0to officially sell off the superyacht as both Eric Schmidt, the first preferred buyer at the June auction, and Warren Halle have withdrawn their bids for the vessel.<\/p>

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The article quotes Dorsett as saying he believes that his client\u2019s legal battle against the government could last another year if the matter makes its way through the Caribbean court system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a hearing in December which is to determine whether certain evidence that the government has put forward in the defence of its case is proper evidence. I suspect a substantive hearing on the High Court action is not going to be possible until maybe June of next year and then, of course, you will have to see how that decision goes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is an appeal, that may take another year and if there is a further appeal to the Privy Council, that may be another year or eight months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The Court of Appeal has ruled against an appeal from Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov, the daughter of Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev, who was hoping\u00a0\u00a0to prevent the sale of the superyacht, Alfa Nero. Guryeva-Motlokhov had appealed\u00a0the High Court decision by Justice Rene Williams to refuse an injunction application. 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